Community Notes from Flat Rock and Rock Creek
County correspondence records church attendance at Finis Chapel and Finis and Silent gatherings. It notes multiple visits, a marriage at the bride's home, farm life, illnesses, school progress, lamp upgrades, and a kodaking outing, with references to families including the Ribble, Shahan, Moran, Corley, Atkins, Burk, Robbins, and Birdwell communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Corley
Pearl Atkins
Dan Burk
Lillian Cunningham
Gainesville
E. Pritchard
Lena Corley
Delilah Robbins
Bessie Burk
Rock Creek
Bill
Bill Martin
Carey
Birdie Cook
Flat Rock
Miss Cook
Willie Hodges
Bowie
Ed Burton
Measles Halt Local Activity and Small Town News
Lifes in Lone Star drift along as residents stay home for measles. P G Cunningham and Grover Whitmire began hauling oil from Eliasville last week. Local social notes mention visits among Cunningham, Whitmire, Langford and Akers households and a few routine plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
P. G. Cunningham
Grover Whitmire
Eliasville
Beulah Bradbury
Donley
J. C. Akers
Graham
Dude Cunningham
Whitmire
PG. Cunningham
Uichican Beauty Corsets The John E Morrison Co
Uichican Beauty corsets are announced as a product line from The John E Morrison Company. The note highlights fashion items intended for shaping and support. The company is identified as the producer and distributor of the corsets.
Disagreeable Weather and Busy Community News
The Flint Creek area reports cold stalled spring weather with many colds. Local families such as the Moores and Caskeys are noted as ill, while visits occur between Guinns, Ballews, and related households. Births include two girls and a boy, and residents discuss Graham as county seat and postmaster plans. Community groups meet, debates on suffrage sustain, and church services and school activities continue amid routine social visits. Reactions to sleet and rain frame farming expectations and upcoming planting.
Simple Home Cure Promised for Milk Leg Fistula and Sores
An advertisement from Byers Texas offers a personal mail order cure for milk-leg fistula running and open sores. The seller, F P Lechner, guarantees satisfaction or money back and invites readers to write for details. The message closes with the proverb the plow is mightier than the sword.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Lechner
Byers
Texas
Pickwick W. D. Nicklas Spends Weekend With Daughter
Saturday night visits and family gatherings are noted in Cove Creek and surrounding communities. The account lists Mrs. Calhoun returning from Gordon, kin visiting from Mineral Wells, and churchgoing in Lucille with families including the Wester, Ag ee, and Boyce households. One resident, Mrs. Whitt Craig, has been ill for some time. Rosa closes the column with a brief note on scarce news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Nicklas
Elvie Reeves
Cove Creek
Calhoun
Gordon
W. B. Thedford and Sons
Buck and
Ruby
Mineral Wells
Ben
Wester
Brauner Caudill
Cedar Creek
John Kelly
Fox Hollow
D. M.agee
W. S. Wester
Miss Grace
Lucille
Dan Wester
Whitt Craig
A. W. Boyce, Jr
Rosa
CleanEasy Naptholeine Laundry Soap Ad
An advertisement touts CleanEasy Naptholeine laundry soap as saving time and effort. It claims effectiveness in hard or soft water and hot or cold washes, and notes availability at live grocers.
For Sale 67 Trade Shirkey Plow by Tidwell and Sons
Classified notice offering a Shirkey plow model 67 for sale from W I Tidwell and Sons. Firm provides contact details and sale terms in a compact rural classifieds tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Tidwell & Sons
Cedar Creek Weather and Local Updates
A recent rain improved ground conditions for plowing and stock water. Will Harris planted eight acres of corn by February 28, the only corn known planted so far. John Burson and family visited Cedar Creek from Palo Pinto. H J Cretsinger’s health declined this winter and he has lost sight in one eye. Mrs George Wyatt is on the sick list. J M Hunt Jr visits friends on Ironi Cedarite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Harris
John Burson
Palo Pinto County
H. J. Cretsinger
George Wyatt
J. M. Hunt, Jr
Mebane Cotton Seed Sale Offered by Jim Henderson
E. E. Price announces second year Mebane cotton seed available for delivery at Graham for 50 cents per bushel. Seed ginning guaranteed pure and safeguarded. Order via Jim Henderson at Henderson Wagon Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Jim Henderson
Henderson Wagon Yard
E. E. Price
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry
Finis
Bro
Wysor
Charlie Hinson
Dan Casenbary
Cusenbary
Dee Harkey
Fort Worth
Horace Ribble
Arthur Shahan
C. L. Campbell
Port Worth
Harvie Shahan
S. W. Ratcliff
Amanda Moran
Ruth McCharen
Dee Alford
W. A. Ribble
Farmer
Lone Star
Uchican Beauty
Acme
THE
John E. Morrison CO
Flint Creek
Mrs. Moore
Tagrippe
Emmett Caskey
Charlie Ballew
Mr. Stegall
George Guinn
Mesdames Schnttler
Caskey
A. J. Ballew
W. P
Mrs
Joe Doolin
Rocky Mound
Mabel Ballew
Moore
S. A
Lone Oak
C. C. McBride
Hunt County
Will Wall
Elmer Evans
Grandpa
Grandma Boyle
Murray
S. T. Needham
Noah Cantwell
Chess Ramsey
J. G. Hawkins
Lon Willis
True
D. B. Wood
Leonard Graves
Walker
Carter
J. W. Hamm
Young County Teachers Association
Loving
C. J. McFadden
T. J. Routon
Mollie Leberman
Grand Lodge
Messrs. Husted
Vernon
Melita Lowe
Eula Lowe
Alice Gibbs
Grandma Burton
Literary Society
John Newman
Smedley
Newman
Bailey
A. J. Gibbs
Olney
Willis Gibbs
Newcastle
Mabry &C
Golden Gate
Babb
Pickwick
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